Wednesday, March 19, 2014

News Headlines (471) 19 March 2014

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► 19 March 2014 : You need to be careful about aggression today -- both yours and in those around you! It's too easy to let minor disagreements turn into full-on raging brawls, and that's not helpful. As you continue on your quest for a connection with someone today, it's time to take things to a much deeper level. Get as close as you can to them, but be aware that if you are too exuberant you could come off as overwhelming. Instead, opt for a quieter type of charm. Smile and find out if they want to talk. If they don't, then back off. You'll make a much better impression by respecting them than if you bulldoze all over them. Try to get them talking anyway you can.

■ DAILY NEWS 18 March 2014 : Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti takes stock of his mayoral journey
■ HUFFINGTON POST 18 March 2014 : L.A. Can Lead the Way with Solar Rooftops
■ NY TIMES 18 March 2014 : Another Tale of Two Cities

► NEWS & POLITICS : Putin moves forward to formalize Crimea annexation as U.S. imposes sanctions. The White House has not reacted to Putin's decision Monday to recognize Crimea as an independent state. That announcement came just hours after President Obama announced sanctions and threatened further action if Russia does not respond. White House officials say the president is holding back because he still wants to leave the door open for a negotiated solution. Bill Plante reports. Published on Mar 18, 2014 by CBS This Morning

► Investigations into missing Malaysia jet appear stalled
KUALA LUMPUR - Investigations into the mystery of the missing Malaysian jet appeared to be at a deadlock on Wednesday, with an exhaustive background search of the passengers and crew showing nothing untoward and no sign that the plane could be quickly found. |Video

► Today's African Proverb : "A spider web that gets in the way of an elephant entering the stream will get pulled along" - Sent by Niyi AB Elesin Itakun in Lagos, Nigeria and Ayokunle Muritala in Dundee, Scotland

It makes perfect sense! Very few sane Americans, one of the best examples is Ron Paul. Age is not a problem to achieve big dreams. Mr. Ron Paul, would you like to lead the U.S.? I like you more than your son.

■ Putin: Crimea similar to Kosovo, West is rewriting its own rule book (FULL SPEECH). Crimea's secession from Ukraine was just like Kosovo's secession from Serbia, and any arguments otherwise are just attempts to bend the West-advocated rules that were applied to the Kosovo case, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

► 11 Days of Anguish
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has now been missing for 11 days, the longest period of time a plane has been missing in the history of modern commercial aviation. Investigators, however, are no closer to finding the lost jet and expanded the search area on Tuesday

► Russia Accused of 'War Crime'
Ukraine's government says Russian forces stormed a military base in Crimea and killed a Ukrainian officer, escalating tensions in the region

► NYC Gas Leak Found
Investigators say a gas line adjacent to one of the Harlem buildings destroyed in a deadly March 12 explosion has a leak

► ADHD Does Not Exist
Over the course of my career, I have found more than 20 conditions that can lead to symptoms of ADHD, each of which requires its own approach to treatment. Raising a generation of children—and now adults—who can't live without stimulants is no solution.

► U.S. to Syrian Diplomats: Get Out
Newly appointed U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Daniel Rubenstein marked the third anniversary of the Syrian civil war by closing the country's embassy in Washington and evicting its diplomats from the U.S.

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"Thank you for your perception! I like your romantic side, even if I do not always comment and I'm glad that you're in my circle of friends."(Courtesies by: Wolfgang A. Gerhardt)

Wolfgang A.Gerhardt : May be you like this Sunday collage

Cisca Zarmansyah : Before today, there never was a person doing this to me. You create a simple matter to look special. This is a special thing for me.

Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you. I love it. I love you, my friend. ♥

CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Hmm, he's so nice...

"I am me.
In all the world,
there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it --
I own everything about me:
my body,
my feelings,
my mouth,
my voice,
all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me,
I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing,
I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know
-- but as long as I am friendly
and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully
look for solutions
to the puzzles and ways
to find out more about me.
However I look and sound,
whatever I say and do,
and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time
is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded,
thought,
and felt
turn out to be unfitting,
I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest,
and invent something new
for that which I discarded.
I can see,
hear,
feel,
think,
say, and do.
I have the tools to survive,
to be close to others,
to be productive,
and to make sense
and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me,
and therefore,
I can engineer me.
I am me,
and I am okay."

VIRGINIA SATIR
(American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

About Me

"When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent. I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent. I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out. I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent. I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out." - Martin Niemöller